Senior Delivery Manager – Appvia – UK Government Security Clearance eligibility required.
Location: London, UK (Hybrid - typically 1‑2 days per week in office)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Package: £60,000 – 80,000 + 10% Bonus + 10% Shares + Benefits (see more below)
About Appvia
Appvia is a specialist cloud, platform engineering, and AI enablement consultancy helping organisations design, build, and operate modern cloud platforms at scale. We work across public and private sector organisations, delivering outcomes in complex and highly regulated environments.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex technology programmes across Appvia's customer engagements. This role sits within the Delivery team, reporting to a Principal Delivery Manager, and partners with engineering leadership and client stakeholders. The role involves managing multi‑team and multi‑stream delivery, ensuring programmes are delivered effectively while maintaining high standards across delivery, engineering, and stakeholder engagement.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead delivery across multi‑team, multi‑stream technology programmes.
* Ensure delivery is structured, predictable, and aligned to agreed outcomes.
* Actively identify, manage, and unblock delivery risks and dependencies.
* Own incident management, prioritisation, and response coordination.
* Support both development and operational (DevOps) aspects of delivery.
* Act as a delivery “umbrella” for engineering teams, protecting focus and removing friction.
* Ensure teams are set up to succeed with clear priorities, context, and direction.
* Act as a key point of contact for client delivery and stakeholder communication.
* Manage expectations, trade‑offs, and conflicting priorities across stakeholders.
* Establish and maintain delivery governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks.
* Define and track delivery metrics such as velocity, lead time, burn‑down, and throughput.
* Use data to assess delivery health, forecast outcomes, and inform decision‑making.
* Drive improvements in delivery practices, processes, and ways of working.
Requirements
* Experienced Delivery Manager with a strong track record of delivering complex technology programmes, particularly within regulated or public sector environments.
* Comfortable operating in technically complex environments and working closely with engineering teams.
* Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps delivery practices.
* Experience in incident management, prioritisation, and operational delivery.
* Able to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery governance effectively.
* Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior and executive‑level stakeholders.
* Experience working in public sector or similarly regulated environments.
* Proactive, ownership‑driven mindset with the ability to unblock and drive delivery forward.
Security Clearance
Some public sector clients require security clearance. Applicants must be eligible: British Citizen or ILR, have resided in the UK for at least the last five years, have no criminal records, and have no financial irregularities.
Interview Process
1. Initial conversation with the Talent Acquisition Manager.
2. Technical interview with the Hiring Manager.
3. Leadership final interview.
Benefits
* Flexible working with core hours of 10‑4 pm.
* Hybrid working – one mandatory office day per month.
* 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays.
* One additional day off for your birthday.
* Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay.
* Workplace nursery benefit for working parents.
* Full private healthcare cover for you and partners; children covered 50 %.
* Death in service.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Electric car scheme.
* Pension with salary sacrifice option.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Free hygiene products in the London office.
* Free therapy through AXA.
* Access to the Headspace App.
* Trained Mental Health First Aiders.
* Learning budget of £1,000 a year.
* Your own MacBook Pro while you work at Appvia.
* Dog‑friendly office.
* Wear what makes you comfortable.
* Free snacks, pool table and ping‑pong table.
* Regular team socials, board‑game nights, industry meet‑ups and more.
Equal Opportunities
We are proud to be an equal‑opportunities employer and actively encourage, respect, and recognise diversity of thought and background throughout the business. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity, or disability status.
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